Plagues, diseases and disasters throughout History

Dates and locations of natural disasters throughout modern history

If your ancestor died young, or lost several children, compare the date of death with this table,
perhaps you may be able to deduce a likely cause of death.
Remember, that would just be a logical deduction, and does not constitute a proof of event.

I'll glady add any other information you let me know about.

Data kindly submitted by Jeanagh Punter

From

To

Ailment

Location

Notes

1348

1350

Bubonic Plague

UK & World Wide

Further outbreaks occurred during most of the 14th & 15th centuries.

1499

Bubonic Plague

London UK

1507

1550

"Fever"

UK

1551

Influenza

UK

1555

Famine

UK

Rains brought famine and weakness

1556

1563

Bubonic Plague

UK

This was an extreme event

1578

Bubonic Plague

UK

1586

Bubonic Plague

Chesterfield UK

All harvests failed

1591

Acute Distress

UK

As a result of above

1593

Bubonic Plague

UK

1596

Famine

UK

Harvests failed & epidemics began

1603

Bubonic Plague

UK

1612

Bubonic Plague

UK

1617

Smallpox

USA

Amongst the Native Indians

1623

1625

Bad Harvest

UK

1625

Bubonic Plague

UK

1630

Plague

UK

At worst, many thousands died

1631

Bubonic Plague

UK

1633

Smallpox

USA

Native Indians

1633

1634

Smallpox

UK

1636

Bubonic Plague

UK

1647

Yellow fever

West Indies

1648

Smallpox

USA

1648

Whooping Cough

USA

1654

Bubonic Plague

UK

1657

Measles

Boston USA

1662

Smallpox

New York USA

1665

Bubonic Plague

UK

Extreme

1668

Yellow Fever

New York USA

1677

Smallpox

Boston USA

1687

Measles

Boston USA

1690

Yellow Fever

New York USA

1699

Yellow Fever

South Carolina USA

1702

Yellow Fever

New York USA

1702

Scarlet Fever

Boston USA

1706

Yellow Fever

South Carolina USA

1713

Measles

Boston USA

1721

Smallpox

USA

1723

Influenza

Worldwide

1723

1730

Famine

UK

Poor harvests & resultant epidemics

1728

Yellow Fever

South Caroline USA

1729

Measles

Boston USA

1732

Yellow Fever

South Carolina USA

1732

Influenza

South Carolina USA

1732

1733

Influenza

UK

1735

Diptheria

USA

1735

1739

Scarlet Fever

New England USA

1738

Smallpox

South Carolina USA

1739

Measles

Boston USA

1743

Influenza

UK

1743

Yellow Fever

New York USA

1747

Measles

CT NY PA SC USA

1751

1753

Smallpox

UK

1759

Measles

North America

1761

Influenza

USA & West Indies

1762

Influenza

UK

1763

Smallpox

Boston USA

1767

Influenza

UK

1772

Measles

USA

1775

1776

Influenza

Worldwide

1782

Influenza

UK

1783

Bilious Disorder

USA

This was fatal & thought to be similar to Dysentery

1785

Influenza

UK

1788

Measles

PA NY USA

1788

1789

Influenza

UK

1789

Influenza

USA

1792

1799

Yellow Fever

USA

1793

Unknown Fever

PA USA

1793

Diphtheria

UK

1793

Influenza

Vermont Virginia USA

1796

Smallpox

UK

1802

Smallpox

Nebraska USA

1803

Yellow Fever

New York USA

1816

1819

Typhus & Smallpox

UK

1820

Fever

USA

1825

1826

Smallpox

UK

1826

1837

Cholera

World Wide

1826

Dengue Fever

USA & West Indies

1829

Malaria

USA

1830

Influenza & Cholera

UK

1831

Cholera

UK

Began world wide independent 1826. Killed 31,000 in UK alone.

1831

Cholera

USA

1832

Influenza

USA

1833

Cholera

Ohio USA

1834

Cholera

New York USA

1836

1837

Influenza

UK

1837

Typhus

PA USA

1837

Smallpox

USA

Native Indians

1837

1841

Typhus

UK

Killed on average 16,000 people per year.

1838

1840

Measles & Whooping Cough

UK

Killed about 50,000

1840

Scarlet Fever

UK

Killed 20,000

1841

Yellow Fever

NO USA

1846

1847

Typhoid

UK

Killed 30,000. Caused by a hot dry summer.

1846

1847

Influenza

UK

Killed 13,000

1847

Typhus & Influenza

UK

1847

Measles

USA

Native Indians

1847

Yellow Fever

NO USA

1848

Cholera

World Wide

1849

Cholera

UK

in Bromsgrove 25 people died between July and October. Not limited to Bromsgrove !